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Freemium is alive and kicking

David Cohen

As an example, one of the areas that I like to invest in is vertical search. With vertical search, it’s all about the crack. Vertical search is one of those areas where I think freemium can still make a ton of sense. I had a meeting today with the vertical search company that I recently funded. Real money.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

ReadWriteStart

The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here. However, the mistake Said has made is to go "spray and pray" and build numerous different verticals without really fleshing out the business strategy for any of them. PTA Portals. Key question: Is a private LinkedIn group enough?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Top 10 Vertical and Social Web Trends For The Decade

ReadWriteStart

6, 2011 we hosted our 64th free One Million by One Million (1M/1M) strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs, and the first for this year. I've had several conversations over the years on TV show financing, and the basic formula is that you have to get a network to finance your show.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Ben previously co-founded Simply Interactive, Chaotic Moon, and Conversable leading all of them to successful exits. They operate multiple investment funds focused on industry verticals like Real Estate, Consumer or CPG and on under-represented founders such as Women and People of Color. Who are your super-connectors?

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